The Gentleman at the End

Chapter 167: Chapter 166: Little Grape’s Black Memories

In the cave,

Yi Chen had retracted the umbilical cord into his body and was sitting against the wall,

describing to his teammates everything that had taken place here, including the fake monastery, the disguised Watcher, Gathering Eye Disease, and the mysterious yellow robe.

Reagan was also surprised that Yi Chen alone could achieve this extent. The opponent was just one step away from achieving Open Source, and there were still unknown doubts in this matter.

The focus of discussion was still on “Yellow Eyes”.

This time, the Patient seemed to be divided into two parts,

one being a collection of Pilgrim’s eyeballs, which under the effect of Gathering Eye Disease, integrated into a whole, forming a structure like that of a star system, which currently was being completely parasitized by little grape, undergoing absorption.

The other was the bizarre yellow robe, whose known abilities included:

1. Capable of forming a vortex that slightly affects space and absorbs surrounding matter; this trait complements Gathering Eye Disease very well.

2. The robe can perfectly utilize the flowing gray matter in the Gray Domain to construct a physical carrier.

3. The yellow robe’s various resistances and regenerative capabilities are excellent; even if torn into shreds, it can reintegrate. It could serve as a Seal, act as a Shield, and be used for various bizarre attacks.

“Indeed, even when I injected Red Lotus Energy by Palm Strike, it barely burst open… Such a fascinating sick object, it would have been good if it hadn’t escaped.”,

Jin felt some regret that such a fascinating sick object had vanished.

Yi Chen, with one hand resting on his raised knee, said,

“The information given by the investigation team about the ‘Yellow Robe’ didn’t mention a word,

I estimate that this object might have been a special Sick Object born after the investigation team left Holy Grail Mountain.

It might even be material from the Old World that slipped through from the other end of the corridor. When the corridor was born and the Watcher had not yet arrived, this yellow robe came through the corridor to this side, remaining concealed in the dark, undetected by the scouting team.

I got a sample here; once we meet the real Watcher, we can ask him if he knows the origin of this thing.

In short, Gathering Eye Disease has been dismantled, and the body of the yellow robe has also been heavily damaged by Reagan, so it should not reappear soon. For the rest of our journey, we just need to focus on searching for the corridor.”

“Hmm.”

Everyone took a temporary rest in the cave, of course, mainly waiting for little grape to feed.

Yi Chen, having gone through this battle, was also quite tired and leaned against the wall to rest with his eyes closed… just as he closed his eyes, his thoughts were pulled toward the sick ward.

Clap clap clap~

The first to greet him was the applause from Lorrian,

Before Yi Chen could react, he felt the impact of a metal wheelchair from behind pressing against his knees, causing him to fall backward and sit on it.

A nurse with a face wrapped in blood-stained bandages and a smiling face was pushing this wheelchair.

Before he could react, the Doctor already arrived beside the wheelchair…

The infusion tube on the Doctor seemed to have self-awareness, precisely inserted into the veins of Yi Chen’s hand, delivering a special silvery substance.

The Doctor’s head hanging on the infusion rod also peered out with a smiling red lips, a bizarre voice emerging from it, “Don’t be nervous, this is Lord Lorrian rewarding you for your splendid performance.”

As the silver liquid entered his body, Yi Chen felt only that his entire body’s fatigue was rapidly recovering.

Lorrian in the sickbed turned his whole body around, stopping the applause.

“I didn’t expect you really could handle it alone. Although you used a lot of external devices, it was mainly thanks to your efforts~ I really didn’t see you wrong, I am looking forward more and more to the moment you mature.”

“Thank you.”

In response to the infusion provided by Moon Scar, Yi Chen chose to express his gratitude, and while meeting, he asked, “Do you know what that yellow robe is?”

“I’m not sure; it’s a very strange thing.@@novelbin@@

However, I vaguely feel that the yellow robe is very interested in you, or rather, interested in your body.

I’m afraid it has been focusing on you ever since you climbed the mountain.”

Through layers of induced arrangements, your teammates were lured onto a different path, allowing you to be brought alone to a platform in the mountains, where a flaw was deliberately exposed to reveal a hidden passage.

Even a tremendous amount of energy was expended to use the eyeball collection he had painstakingly gathered to set up an extraordinarily realistic fake monastery.

I have a feeling it will follow you, and might even meet you again at the other end of the passage.

“By then, I will no longer be inside you. Be careful not to be possessed if you encounter that thing.”

“Are you interested in me…?”

Moon Scar’s reasoning was sound, and Yi Chen also sensed that the figure in yellow robes seemed genuinely interested in him.

An infusion lasting half an hour restored Yi Chen to his peak condition,

When leaving the patient room like a gentleman, he thanked the female doctor and nurse sister, who in turn performed a rather strange ritual gesture, hoping to have the opportunity to offer Yi Chen special treatment services again.

As consciousness returned, Yi Chen reopened his eyes in the cave,

sitting beside him, Reagan and Jin had already stood up, gazing intently at the spot occupied by Little Grape.

Upon awakening, Yi Chen also smelled an extremely familiar graveyard aura, more precisely the distinct scent of the Seven-Day Cemetery.

Hurriedly, he got up to check out the situation,

where Little Grape previously was, a nameless mound had evolved, with broken stones randomly stacked as a tombstone, exactly as when they first met in Cemetery No. 6.

Reagan explained from the side, “The mound was dug out by itself, the Pilgrim’s eyeballs have been completely parasitized, maybe due to its birth in a graveyard, it needed the graveyard environment for the final absorption and evolution, I guess.”

“Hmm.”

Not long after,

Waves of intense dead qi burst forth from the mound, even cloaking the entire cave with a thick layer of dead air.

A pitch-black skeleton arm stretched out from the mound, soon followed by a complete, rag-wrapped skeletal frame with a mysterious glow all over it, the eye socket in the skull distinctly embedded with a lone eye.

Just as everyone thought this was Little Grape’s new form,

the lone eye slipped from its socket, and the skeleton also crumbled and scattered,

The eye, falling to the ground, swiftly grew black fur, reverting to Little Grape’s original form.

Only the eyeball in its mouth had enlarged and its pupil structure was more intricate, resembling some sort of secret technique array.

Little Grape didn’t seem very excited, but instead hopped back onto Yi Chen’s shoulder and burrowed into his body.

“I… saw some rather unpleasant scenes.” Little Grape muttered.

“What scenes?”

“I saw the Star River, saw ancient battlefields, I was like a corpse scavenger, picking up remaining eyeballs across the battlefields.

Then there were no more memories.”

“Little Grape, I remember you said you were formed from a fusion of many unnamed ancient corpses from ‘Cemetery No. 6,’ perhaps these memories come from one of those ancient corpses?”

“Yes… This memory retrieval made me uncomfortable, I haven’t been able to fully control it. Eating so many eyeballs at once, including one named ‘The Main Eye of Saint Alvaro,’ was indeed a bit forced.”

“Take a rest for a while, the crisis has been resolved. Once we find the passage, I’ll wake you up then.”

Yi Chen didn’t rush to inquire what abilities Little Grape had obtained, seeing that Little Grape was a bit off, he decided to let him rest properly.

However, Little Grape continued talking to himself,

“After awakening this memory, I seem to be able to independently construct the ‘ancient corpse form’ corresponding to the memory, gaining the respective power of the corpse form… maybe I can provide you with combat support like Miss Faye.”

“Oh?”

“The scattered black skeleton on the ground is a half-finished product, I still can’t fully construct it.”

As Little Grape spoke, he fell asleep from exhaustion, and Yi Chen promptly wove a comfortable hammock inside his body with plants.